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GHC vs. SCI, EDU, TAL, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, UDMY, and HTZ

Should you be buying Graham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graham include Service Co. International (SCI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Udemy (UDMY), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Graham vs.

Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Service Co. International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Graham. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Service Co. International$4.19B2.72$518.65M$3.5522.25
Graham$4.41B0.92$205.29M$51.0718.31

Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Service Co. International pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Service Co. International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Service Co. International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.86%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Service Co. International12.39% 32.18% 3.03%
Graham 4.86%5.79%3.21%

Service Co. International has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Service Co. International currently has a consensus price target of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.06%. Given Service Co. International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than Graham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Service Co. International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 11 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Service Co. International and 4 mentions for Graham. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Graham's score of 0.31 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Service Co. International
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graham
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Service Co. International received 199 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.60% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Service Co. InternationalOutperform Votes
338
67.60%
Underperform Votes
162
32.40%
GrahamOutperform Votes
139
62.33%
Underperform Votes
84
37.67%

85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Service Co. International beats Graham on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GHC vs. The Competition

MetricGrahamEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.05B$1.03B$8.38B$20.07B
Dividend Yield0.74%6.64%2.78%3.65%
P/E Ratio18.3112.7114.7534.90
Price / Sales0.921.466.8815.64
Price / Cash8.6025.7431.2220.85
Price / Book1.051.705.254.92
Net Income$205.29M$21.18M$259.02M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.51%-1.86%-2.90%-1.05%
1 Month Performance3.10%4.28%-0.46%-1.09%
1 Year Performance31.88%0.87%6.18%13.70%

Graham Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GHC
Graham
2.2584 of 5 stars
$935.02
-1.7%
N/A+30.4%$4.05B$4.41B18.3119,900
SCI
Service Co. International
3.3101 of 5 stars
$77.13
-5.3%
$88.50
+14.7%
+10.0%$11.15B$4.10B22.4224,922Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1.7027 of 5 stars
$55.27
+3.4%
$61.20
+10.7%
-40.8%$9.38B$4.31B23.5275,005
TAL
TAL Education Group
0.9707 of 5 stars
$14.52
-1.9%
$15.53
+7.0%
+5.6%$8.78B$1.49B76.4015,000Stock Split
Options Volume
LAUR
Laureate Education
3.9225 of 5 stars
$20.11
+0.6%
$18.50
-8.0%
+49.5%$3.03B$1.48B12.7328,900Earnings Report
News Coverage
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.3174 of 5 stars
$16.23
-0.2%
$18.25
+12.4%
+2.5%$2.66B$2.30B405.7510,600News Coverage
MCW
Mister Car Wash
1.9157 of 5 stars
$7.89
-0.6%
$8.36
+5.9%
-16.8%$2.54B$927.07M34.316,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.2328 of 5 stars
$28.46
+0.6%
$32.00
+12.4%
+52.9%$1.87B$710M14.304,350Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AFYA
Afya
1.8217 of 5 stars
$17.68
+1.9%
$18.00
+1.8%
-11.9%$1.66B$576.09M14.269,680Positive News
UDMY
Udemy
2.0502 of 5 stars
$10.01
+28.0%
$10.82
+8.1%
-8.2%$1.46B$786.57M-15.891,443Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$4.05
+3.8%
N/A-42.6%$1.24B$9.05B-0.4325,000

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This page (NYSE:GHC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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